Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Cole, Human Services Agency Director
Subject: Agreement with Redwood City School District through Redwood City Together
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Redwood City School District through the community collaborative Redwood City Together, for the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023 for a total amount not to exceed $227,352.
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BACKGROUND:
Redwood City Together (RWC) is a healthy community collaborative involving Redwood City School District, the City of Redwood City, and San Mateo County Human Services Agency (HSA) along with other core partners. HSA has promoted and supported Redwood City Community Schools from their inception. Redwood City Community Schools now operates as a program of the Redwood City School District as well as an ongoing initiative of Redwood City Together.
RWC will provide coordination and administrative services to interagency school-based family resource centers at Garfield, Hoover, Kennedy, Adelante Selby, Roosevelt, MIT and Taft schools. These centers provide human services, educational support and community development activities to approximately 3,777 students and their families.
The goal of the community school model is to address the barriers of learning by more efficiently coordinating efforts and resources to bolster students' learning, strengthen families, and promote healthy communities.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed agreement supports RWC through community school coordination in Redwood City School District's school-based family resource centers. This work convenes community leaders to create a plan to expand and sustain community schools, assists with developing resources to support Community School programs and services, and promotes the integration of Redwood City Community Schools with other Redwood City Together initiatives to leverage benefits and...
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